Good Evening brothers and...

Good Evening brothers and sisters, Do you all remember a prayer request that I posted a few weeks back about a pastor that e-mailed me about missionaries in Asia? They were being attacked by the members of Hinduism(sp) They were going to kill them if they didn't deny being Christians. ANd a Pastor got jumped by one of these men that is threatening their lives. Well here is an e-mail that I received and its a wonderful testimony of what God can do thru prayer. Yes brothers and sisters,thru your faithfulness God answered our prayers. Thank you for them and I pray that God keeps you in the palms of his hands and pours out blessings from up above.Here is the story: Dear Rosie, It is with great joy that I can share with you that the threat against 60 of our Believers Church members in Himachal Pradesh has been thwarted. A reporter from Compass Direct news service has let us know that members of a Believers Church in that north Indian state met peacefully last Sunday, even after receiving death and arson threats from Hindu extremists. "We were able to meet without incident," said Ramish Masih Battih, the son of Pastor Feroz Masih. As you may recall, members of the World Hindu Council (VHP) and its youth wing, Bajrang Dal, attacked Masih. After beating him, they told Masih that if he and his 60 church members failed to take part in a "re-conversion" ceremony on November 20, they would burn them to death. Your prayers were answered, however, and the planned re-conversion ceremony was dropped, apparently due to police intervention. The police pointed out that the attacks were made by people who were misleading the public into thinking that Christians force people to convert to their faith. "There are many illiterate people who can easily be misled to believe that Christians are forcibly converting Hindus," a police official said. "These misconceptions are the root of the problem." Police tried to arrange a meeting between our pastor and the men who attacked him, but the attackers had gone into hiding and could not be contacted. One positive outcome of this incident is that people in the area now know that those who come to faith in Christ are doing so because of the power of the Gospel, not the coercion of men. At a press conference attended by the media and others, many of the new believers testified that they had accepted Christ of their own free will--often because they had been healed of their diseases. Let us rejoice in this victory for these faithful believers, and thank our Lord for His intervention. Also, let us continue to pray that even more men, women and children in Himachal Pradesh will respond to the love of Christ, even in the face of hate. Pray also that those who tried to harm the Christians will come to understand God's love and grace for them. Yours for the lost of Asia, K.P. Yohannan Founder & President Gospel for Asia P.S. To read the complete story about how God intervened on behalf of these endangered believers, please click this link: http://www.gfa.org/believersspared?motiv=update112305 _______________________ ::: Sign-up Information If you received this email as a forward and would like to sign up, please visit our website at http://www.gfa.org/emailupdate and join over 215,000 Christians around the world *****ceive GFA's email update!

Dear Rosie, what an answer to prayer! Thanks for sharing the rest of the story. God is good...all the time! Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. God bless you and your family. Love ya! Peg

Praise God! Happy Thanksgiving to you friend. I hope you enjoy your day with you wonderful husband. I will e-mail you later. God Bless you. Love You Rosie~

Hi Rosie, What an encouraging update! God is so good ~he watches out for his own. He takes care of us no matter what! God bless you, Annette

WOW! Thanks for filling us in on the situation. We will continue to pray for more new believers, (a revival, if you will)... Praise be to God, Sally